Wollaton Colliery

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Antony, Matthew, 06 Jan 1879, aged 30, Dataler, Fall of roof. Bar timber gave way

Barker, William, 28 Apr 1910, aged 55, Stallman, He removed a prop from the goaf side of a bar set in the stall, and was preparing to reset this prop in the centre of the stall, when the roof fell and killed him. He should have set a centre prop before taking one from under the bar

Beach, William, 24 May 1912, aged 48, Stallman, A bump caused the fall of 17 foot of overhanging top coal, 18 inches thick. Two sprags were knocked out and deceased's skull was fractured by a piece of coal weighing 2 cwt. as he was holing

Bestwick, Joseph, 13 Jul 1902, (accident: 02 Jul 1901), aged 55, Dataller, He was injured in the mine on 2nd July, 1901, by a fall of roof, and died from paralysis, one year and eleven days later [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Bexon, John Henry, 30 Nov 1880, aged 13, Driver, Travelling up a self-acting incline whilst the tubs were running, and struck by the loaded train

Bostock, John, 01 Oct 1875, aged 21, Stallman, Drilling out a missed shot [More information ...]

Brewster, C. T., 16 Jul 1937, aged 34, Stallman, killed by a fall of stone [date of inquest]

Broughton, James, 17 Jun 1905, (accident: 16 Jun 1905), aged 48, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was standing in front of a length of overhanging coalface trying to wedge it down. It had been holed, and a shot had been fired a few minutes previously but failed to bring it down. The coal fell and knocked out a prop which struck (Deep hard coal seam)

Burgess, Henry, 24 Jul 1891, aged 16, The boy worked down the mine but after leaving his employment in the pit he amused himself by riding on the tubs on the bank and although cautioned about doing so and ordered away yet continued his amusement and was eventually crushed by a tub against a post

Carlyle, William, 20 Jan 1898, (accident: 18 Jan 1898), aged 50, Stallman, Fall of roof. A piece of the roof knocking a bar out and fatally injuring the deceased. He died 20th

Castle, John, 19 Aug 1889, aged 46, Stallman, Fall of roof whilst getting coals down the coals fell and knocked out a prop which supported the roof

Chrich, Joseph, 22 Aug 1882, aged 33, Stallman, Fall of roof while building a gate end pack

Clarke, Frank, 12 Apr 1907, aged 48, Deputy, A charge of 8 ounces of Rippite was fired by deceased at a gate-end lip, and he was struck by a stone from the shot, as he had not taken sufficient cover (Deep hard coal)

Connell, Richard, 22 Nov 1886, aged 53, Stallman, Fall of coals whilst knocking out the holing sprags

Dickens, John, 19 Oct 1904, aged 46, Stallman, Deceased is said to have received a slight injury in the mine, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict that he died from "chronic alcoholism, and not connected with the injury" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Drange, James, 30 May 1878, aged 48, Stallman, Explosion of powder

Dunn, Albert William Anthony, 14 Mar 1887, aged 15, Driver, The boy was holding a door open for his horse to pass through when the horse fell and crushed him

Edson, Thomas, 16 Aug 1877, Banksman, Tub fell from a coal hoist and struck deceased

Fretwell, Job, 29 Sep 1896, (accident: 01 Jan 1896), aged 59, Stallman, Deceased scratched his elbow whilst stooping under the coal to do some holing. The injury appeared to be so slight that no notice was taken of it but he died from general paralysis excited by the injury, on 29th September

Giddens, Levi, 01 May 1876, aged 15, Driver, Horse ran away, knocking the boy down. Tubs ran over him

Grainger, Thomas, 07 Dec 1886, aged 31, Deputy, Fall from the side of a roadway

Hall, John, 20 Nov 1905, (accident: 08 May 1903), aged 58, Stallman, He was injured on 8th May, 1903, by receiving a blow on the body by an iron bar, and died two years and six months later of cancer on the lungs [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hewitt, Thomas, 05 Oct 1884, aged 27, Stallman, Fall of roof whilst drawing timber

Hoare, S., 03 Oct 1910, (accident: 28 Sep 1910), aged 57, Stallman, While withdrawing a prop, the ringer slipped and deceased injured his right elbow by falling against a pack. Cellulitis of the arm supervened and he died on 3rd October. The man was not physically robust

Hogg, Thomas, 05 Nov 1892, aged 37, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased had fired a shot and was pulling down loose coal when a piece of roof came down with the coal and struck deceased

Holland, William, 19 Dec 1879, aged 13, Driver, Fell under loaded tub of coals and before he was extracted his lamp set fire to his clothes

Holmes, Benjamin Bennett, 27 Jun 1903, (accident: 21 Jun 1903), aged 31, Dayman, Fall of roof. Deceased was repairing a heading when a portion of the roof fell upon him. He died on the 27th June (Deep hard coal seam)

Maddock, William, 20 Oct 1909, (accident: 19 Oct 1909), aged 20, Loader, While deceased was marking the full tubs standing at the gate end a fall of roof fatally injured him, and he died on 20th October (Deep Soft Coal seam)

Morley, George, 25 Apr 1899, aged 46, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased appears to have been getting coal down, when a large piece of roof fell and killed him (Deep soft coal)

Newton, Henry, 20 Jan 1888, aged 33, Stallman, Fall of roof while repairing a roadway

Pigeon, Herbert, 16 Feb 1906, aged 20, Incline onsetter, Deceased was at the bottom of a self-acting incline when the train started running, and the slack rope struck him across the legs knocking him into the side of the roadway. He died the same day (Deep hard coal)

Rigby, John, 23 Feb 1898, (accident: 21 Feb 1898), aged 19, Horse driver, Deceased was crushed by the horse he was driving but there was no evidence to show how the circumstances which led up to the horse crushing the deceased. He died on the 23rd

Rogers, Enoch, 06 Jun 1910, aged 65, Stallman, He was working at the coal face, when a large piece of stone fell from the roof and killed him. He had neglected to set timber on the system prescribed

Smallwood, Thomas, 03 May 1881, aged 24, Screenman, Struck by machinery at the screens

Wall, John Henry, 04 Jul 1919, (accident: 26 May 1919), aged 42, Stallman, Dropping coal by knocking out a sprag when roof fell displacing catch prop which struck him. Three ribs broken. Died 4th July — pneumonia

Walters, Samuel, 14 Sep 1904, aged 53, Stallman, Fall of coal. A shot had been fired in the coal face, leaving the upper portion standing. Deceased set long sprags very loosely up to the top coal, and then went under the coal to do more holing, when the coal fell and killed him (Deep soft coal)

Ward, George, 26 Nov 1895, (accident: 15 Nov 1895), aged 46, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased was watching the stallman fall some coal when a portion of the roof fell and struck deceased. He died 26th Nov

Waters, Isaac, 08 Apr 1854, aged Boy, Fall of roof in the mine

Watts, James, 22 Sep 1905, aged 59, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was pulling coal down after a shot had been fired, when the roof fell and killed him (Deep soft coal seam)